Steroid hormones and sleep regulation

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1040-1048

  Teran Perez G ^a   Arana Lechuga, Y ^a   Esqueda Leon E ^a   Santana Miranda, R ^a   Rojas Zamorano, J ^a   Moctezuma, J Velázquez ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Endocrine system; Neurosteroids; Sleep; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; ELTANOLONE; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSOMNIA; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY; REM SLEEP; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY; SLEEP;

EID: 84866993067     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138955712802762167     Document Type: Article

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